Starrett-Lehigh Building [with Empire State building(?) in right background, New York City] – Vintage Photo Print
![Starrett-Lehigh Building [with Empire State building(?) in right background, New York City], c1932. — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/4d/4d35176494f4-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with Starrett-Lehigh Building [with Empire State building(?) in right background, New York City], a historic photograph rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Starrett-Lehigh Building [with Empire State building(?) in right background, New York City]
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Few buildings on the Manhattan waterfront were as unusual as the Starrett-Lehigh Building, a freight terminal on the West Side built in the early 1930s for the Lehigh Valley Railroad. Its interior ramps let trucks drive up to the upper floors, so goods could move between rail cars, trucks and storage without relying on conventional freight elevators. The title suggests the Empire State Building appears in the right background, though that detail is unconfirmed. The photograph is credited to Irving Underhill, whose views of New York were part of the city's documentation of its rapidly changing skyline in these years.
| Created / published | c1932. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Notes | Photoprint copyrighted by Irving Underhill. No. C20920. No copyright renewal. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,209 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-150457 |
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